Meteorlogy

Meteorlogy

Lexie Herdt has always been fascinated with how the weather impacts people. “I have family members who have asthma and respiratory issues, and when I was growing up, I saw a lot of family who live in the Philadelphia region affected by high ozone levels,” says Herdt.

Penn State's eWall, or electronic wall, was developed by well-known "Weather World" host and senior lecturer in meteorology Fred Gadomski, as a way for students, forecasters and weather enthusiasts to have a one-stop online location for current weather information. To the novice, the eWall’s home page is a dizzying digital display of numbers and computerized weather data from various countries, including the United States. But when used as a utility page, the eWall is a major resource for meteorologists around the world for viewing computer-simulated models of the weather.

The American Meteorological Society (AMS) held its annual meeting Feb. 2 to 6 in Atlanta. The nationally recognized conference hosted a total of 3,456 attendees and included industry professionals, scholars from various disciplines of meteorological sciences and students from 34 countries around the world, including 41 students from Penn State.

For the second consecutive year, a team of Penn State students captured first place in the Weather Challenge, a North American collegiate weather forecasting competition. Penn State's forecasters bested teams from more than 50 universities.

More than 30 teens from across the United states visited Penn State's University Park campus for Penn State Weather Camp, a weeklong science camp that provides a real-world platform for weather exploration, forecasting and fun. Participants get hands-on experience with forecasting, hurricane simulation, TV forecasting and the launching of weather balloons, led by expert meteorologists at Penn State, one of the nation's premiere locations for the study of weather.